Vesta D. Cossaart Kvasnicka won this medal for placing first in the one-mile relay at the 1936 Washington county, Kansas track meet. Kvansnicka was raised in Republic county, Kansas but attended Mahaska High School in Washington county. The high schools in Mahaska and Narka (Republic county) competed to get Vesta and her twin sister, Vera, to attend their schools because of the girls' athletic ability. According to the girls' father, L.J. Cossaart, the girls attended the school in Mahaska because it was closer to the family farm.

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Vesta D. Cossaart Kvasnicka won this medal for placing first in the one-mile relay at the 1936 Washington county, Kansas track meet. Kvansnicka was raised in Republic county, Kansas but attended Mahaska High School in Washington county. The high schools in Mahaska and Narka (Republic county) competed to get Vesta and her twin sister, Vera, to attend their schools because of the girls' athletic ability. According to the girls' father, L.J. Cossaart, the girls attended the school in Mahaska because it was closer to the family farm.